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Berlusconi's femme fatale shocks Vienna
Michael Day: Not content with starring in a sex and corruption scandal that threatens to sink Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi, teenage belly dancer Karima "Ruby" El Mahroug, is now raising eyebrows the other side of the Alps by accepting €40,000 (£34,000) to keep another septuagenarian magnate company – this time at Vienna's illustrious debutant Opera Ball.
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The Swiss are stricter on the banks than us
Thursday, 3 March 2011
The Financial Times front page (subscription) this morning features a blistering attack from Oswald Grubel, the chief executive of the giant Swiss bank UBS, on the British government for being too rough with the City of London.
Video: Obama condemns Frankfurt shootings
Thursday, 3 March 2011
Barack Obama has condemned the shooting dead of two US airmen in Frankfurt.
Gaga rocks Paris Fashion Week
Thursday, 3 March 2011
Lady Gaga made her catwalk debut at Paris Fashion Week yesterday. She appeared first in a black figure-hugging plastic dress, smoking a cigarette beneath a flat black hat, before walking out in a white pencil skirt, a corset and headwear resembling a lampshade.
Two US airmen shot dead at German airport
Thursday, 3 March 2011
Tony Paterson: A Kosovan gunman shot dead two US Air Force personnel and seriously wounded two others when he opened fire in a bus at Frankfurt airport yesterday – one of the most serious attacks on the American military in Germany in decades.
Two killed in shooting at Frankfurt airport
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
An airport spokesman said the shooting took place in front of Terminal 2 of what is Europe's second-biggest hub.
Minister quits over PhD plagiarism scandal
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
Tony Paterson: Germany's Defence Minister caved in to overwhelming public pressure.
Michelin awards star to closed restaurant
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
John Lichfield: A "posthumous" award for excellent cooking has been presented to a restaurant which closed down three months ago.
Four arrested in raids on Eta
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
Police have arrested four suspected members of the Basque separatist group Eta they believe may have been behind several attacks in recent years.
Moscow's stray dogs reprieved
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
Moscow's thousands of stray dogs have something to wag their tails about – animal rights activists say the city has dropped a plan to round the dogs up and ship them to a camp far outside the capital.
Cheaper insurance for women ruled unfair
Tuesday, 1 March 2011
European judges ban insurance risk assessment based on gender.
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